State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1964 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,299 North Carolina births in 1964 across 1,341 distinct names.

Distinctively North Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Carolina more than they say America.

#62Shelia#186 nationally
#81Sonya#187 nationally
#98Donnieoutside the national top 200
#95Gwendolyn#193 nationally
#100Glenda#198 nationally
#73Tonya#150 nationally
#64Phyllis#140 nationally
#75Calvin#145 nationally
#60Reginald#128 nationally
#71Crystal#136 nationally
#66Vickie#127 nationally
#45Ronnie#104 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,474US #1
#2Angela1,027US #22
#3Tammy1,005US #10
#4Mary999US #2
#5Donna954US #7
#6Teresa872US #21
#7Sharon768US #20
#8Cynthia748US #9
#9Pamela739US #11
#10Karen703US #4
#11Kimberly689US #6
#12Susan686US #3
#13Sandra669US #13
#14Patricia652US #5
#15Linda586US #8
#16Deborah571US #12
#17Robin513US #27
#18Elizabeth484US #16
#19Brenda448US #18
#20Barbara441US #19
#21Sherry425US #50
#22Laura401US #14
#23Wanda382US #81
#24Sheila355US #51
#25Jacqueline354US #37
#26Lori345US #15
#27Tina342US #34
#28Kathy328US #39
#29Rhonda316US #43
#30Debra314US #24
#31Carolyn307US #56
#32Paula296US #45
#33Beverly295US #91
#34Cheryl294US #29
#35Amy290US #44
#36Debbie275US #52
#37Nancy263US #26
#38Janet260US #48
#39Jennifer258US #31
#40Melissa246US #53
#41Carol243US #36
#42Anita239US #85
#43Wendy239US #55
#44Tracy237US #40
#45Connie231US #64
#46Betty230US #102
#47Michelle226US #23
#48Denise224US #25
#49Joyce218US #87
#50Janice217US #69
#51Rebecca217US #46
#52Stephanie216US #57
#53Julie215US #17
#54Kim213US #42
#55Kelly208US #35
#56Cathy206US #75
#57Margaret206US #49
#58Cindy203US #47
#59Martha191US #95
#60Regina189US #83
#61Sarah189US #92
#62Shelia186US #186
#63Penny183US #96
#64Phyllis180US #140
#65Shirley179US #103
#66Vickie179US #127
#67Judy174US #74
#68Sherri173US #86
#69Catherine170US #54
#70Gloria170US #104
#71Crystal167US #136
#72Valerie157US #66
#73Tonya156US #150
#74Melinda151US #113
#75Annette150US #68
#76Dawn148US #33
#77Carla144US #78
#78Dana141US #70
#79Theresa135US #38
#80Julia133US #117
#81Sonya131US #187
#82Terri130US #62
#83Jackie129US #128
#84Gina119US #79
#85Terry119US #139
#86Sylvia117US #137
#87Melanie116US #105
#88Diane114US #32
#89Virginia113US #109
#90Christine110US #28
#91Dorothy110US #118
#92Darlene109US #80
#93Frances109US #152
#94Bonnie108US #89
#95Gwendolyn108US #193
#96Maria108US #41
#97Leslie107US #73
#98Peggy106US #106
#99Rita106US #122
#100Glenda105US #198

Boys

#1James2,316US #4
#2Michael1,773US #1
#3David1,668US #3
#4John1,644US #2
#5Robert1,562US #5
#6William1,546US #7
#7Charles984US #17
#8Jeffrey932US #10
#9Mark892US #6
#10Kenneth858US #18
#11Timothy832US #15
#12Richard788US #8
#13Thomas704US #9
#14Gregory564US #22
#15Anthony548US #21
#16Joseph543US #11
#17Donald541US #25
#18Terry493US #35
#19Jerry485US #40
#20Christopher466US #23
#21Gary453US #26
#22Larry450US #36
#23Steven450US #12
#24Ronald441US #24
#25Kevin437US #13
#26Tony429US #50
#27Randy420US #38
#28Ricky403US #54
#29Bobby385US #73
#30Jeffery352US #45
#31Johnny348US #74
#32Paul339US #16
#33Eric328US #32
#34Danny320US #56
#35Edward318US #27
#36Scott314US #14
#37Keith310US #34
#38George308US #33
#39Stephen304US #29
#40Billy303US #71
#41Brian300US #20
#42Jimmy297US #78
#43Douglas284US #31
#44Dennis268US #42
#45Ronnie260US #104
#46Roger257US #49
#47Barry256US #69
#48Daniel242US #19
#49Rodney241US #59
#50Phillip237US #67
#51Todd232US #28
#52Patrick222US #30
#53Willie216US #90
#54Walter208US #80
#55Jeff205US #52
#56Darryl194US #87
#57Curtis192US #75
#58Samuel188US #86
#59Tommy184US #108
#60Reginald182US #128
#61Steve177US #51
#62Jonathan176US #83
#63Carl174US #55
#64Harold160US #98
#65Roy158US #89
#66Marvin155US #119
#67Alan154US #53
#68Gerald154US #60
#69Allen153US #93
#70Henry153US #92
#71Darrell152US #96
#72Andrew150US #37
#73Raymond150US #44
#74Wayne150US #61
#75Calvin142US #145
#76Bruce139US #46
#77Eddie139US #106
#78Bryan138US #70
#79Randall138US #66
#80Chris136US #65
#81Micheal134US #112
#82Frank126US #41
#83Joel123US #110
#84Dwayne122US #120
#85Glenn122US #81
#86Mike118US #47
#87Melvin115US #134
#88Jack114US #99
#89Joe114US #62
#90Ernest112US #124
#91Stanley109US #111
#92Tracy107US #123
#93Howard106US #116
#94Craig104US #48
#95Arthur103US #91
#96Mitchell103US #137
#97Russell103US #58
#98Donnie99
#99Tim98US #82
#100Matthew96US #43

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑23Michelle#47
↑21Marvin#66
↑20Denise#48
↑19Melinda#74
↑18Wendy#43
↑18Crystal#71
↑17Sonya#81
↑16Amy#35

Falling

↓24Gloria#70
↓23Russell#97
↓20Gwendolyn#95
↓18Cindy#58
↓17Dorothy#91
↓17Tim#99
↓16Glenda#100
↓16Bruce#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.